Kusukela ekuweni komuntu, imvelo ngeke isakwazi ukwembula uNkulunkulu ngokungaguquki; ngoba isono sibafihlile futhi sangenela phakathi kwemvelo noNkulunkulu wemvelo. Ukube umuntu wayengakaze athembeke kuMdali wakhe futhi ahlale ehlanzekile ngokokuziphatha, isono sasingeke sihlanekezele imvelo. Khona-ke wayezobe esambula isimilo sikaNkulunkulu esingenabala kumuntu. Kodwa lapho umuntu engathembeki kuNkulunkulu ngokudla emthini wolwazi, wahlanganyela nomholi oyisihlubuki futhi akabange esakwazi ukumqonda ngempela uNkulunkulu.

Kusukela ekubeni msulwa kuye ekungazini uNkulunkulu

Lapho u-Adamu no-Eva belalela izwi lomkhohlisi, bona kuNkulunkulu. Ukukhanya, ingubo yokungabi nacala kwasezulwini, kwashiya abadukisiwe beshintshana ngengubo emnyama yokungazi: ababe besamqonda uNkulunkulu. Ubumsulwa obuhlanzekile nobumsulwa kuze kube manje babubazungezile njengokukhanya, bukhanyisa yonke into ababesondela kuyo. Kodwa ngaphandle kwalokhu kukhanya kwasezulwini, inzalo ka-Adamu yayingeke isakwazi ukubona isimo sakhe emisebenzini kaNkulunkulu ayidalile ngaphandle kokuhlanekezelwa.

UNkulunkulu uhlangana nathi kuMesiya

Ngemva kokuwa, imvelo ayikwazanga ukufundisa umuntu ngokungenasici ngothando olukhulu nolumangalisayo lukaNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke ubaba wathumela indodana yakhe ethandekayo emhlabeni futhi wamemezela ukuthi wayezoyambula kubantu ngokungaguquki. Ukuze umhlaba ungahlali ebumnyameni, ngobusuku baphakade, bomoya, uNkulunkulu wemvelo wahlangana nakho kuJesu Kristu. ‘Wayengukukhanya okuqinisileyo okunika bonke abeza kuleli zwe ukukhanyiselwa’ ( Johane 1,9:XNUMX ).

Imvelo ayikho yodwa

Into enzima futhi ephoxa kakhulu umuntu okufanele ayifunde uma ezoqhubeka ephila ngamandla kaNkulunkulu ukungakwazi kwakhe ukuchaza imvelo ngendlela efanele. Isono sifiphaze kakhulu umbono wakhe kangangokuthi uhlala ebeka imvelo ngaphezu kukaNkulunkulu ngokuzenzakalelayo. Ufana nabase-Athene abakha ama-altare okukhulekela imvelo. Empeleni kwakufanele babhale kuzo zonke ukuthi: "Kunkulunkulu ongaziwa." Imvelo ayiyena uNkulunkulu futhi ayizange ibe nguNkulunkulu. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi izwi lemvelo likhuluma ngoNkulunkulu futhi limemezela ubuhle bakhe; kodwa yena akasiye uNkulunkulu. Njengomsebenzi kaNkulunkulu odaliwe, kukhombisa amandla Akhe kuphela.

Izazi zefilosofi zasendulo zaziqhosha ngolwazi lwazo oluphakeme; kodwa uNkulunkulu wathi ngabo: “Labo abathi bahlakaniphile baye baba yiziwula, futhi inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ongabhubhiyo bashintshile bayenze umfanekiso womuntu obhubhayo, nowezinyoni, nowezilwane ezinezinyawo ezine, nowezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo. .Baneqiniso likaNkulunkulu phakathi kwabo, amanga aphendukezelwe, bakhuleka, bakhonza okudaliweyo esikhundleni soMdali obongekayo kuze kube phakade.” ( Roma 1,22.25:XNUMX, XNUMX ) Ngakho-ke, uMbuso kaNkulunkulu wawuneqiniso elimangalisayo!

Isayensi ngaphandle kukaMesiya

NjengoMsindisi womuntu siqu, uMesiya weza emhlabeni ezomela uNkulunkulu ongumuntu. Wenyukela ezulwini njengomsindisi wakhe - futhi iyona kanye indlela azobuya ngayo: njengomsindisi wakhe! Lokho kudinga ukucatshangelwa ngokucophelela; ngoba ekuhlakanipheni kwabo kobuntu abahlakaniphileyo belizwe, abangamazi uNkulunkulu, ngobuwula benza unkulunkulu bemvelo lemithetho yemvelo. Noma ubani ongamazi uNkulunkulu ngenxa yokuthi akanandaba nokuzembula kwakhe ngoMesiya uyobona uNkulunkulu emvelweni ngendlela ehlanekezelwe. Labo abacabanga ukuthi bangafinyelela olwazini oluphelele ngoNkulunkulu ngaphandle kokuqonda ummeleli Wakhe, lowo iZwi elimemezela ukuthi “uwukubonakaliswa okuhlanzekile kobuntu Bakhe” ( Heberu 1,3:XNUMX NIV ) kumelwe baqale bazibone beyiziwula. Kulapho kuphela engahlakanipha. Ngokuba ulwazi olunjalo lukude kakhulu nokumqonda uNkulunkulu ngobukhosi bakhe. Ngeke kuthuthuke ingqondo, umphefumulo, noma inhliziyo, futhi ngeke kusenze sivumelane ngokugcwele nentando kaNkulunkulu. Kunalokho, lizokwenza abantu bakhonze izithombe.

Umsebenzi wobuciko ubonisa izingcweti ezinemikhawulo

Nakuba umuntu engenakukwazi ukuthola ulwazi oluphelele ngoNkulunkulu emvelweni engaphelele, kukho konke ukuhlanekezelwa kwayo libuye lidlulisele ulwazi mayelana nomdwebi onekhono: Lowo onamandla onke, omkhulu ngomusa, isihe nothando, wadala umhlaba. Ngisho sesimweni sabo sonakele, ubuhle obuningi busekhona. Imvelo iyakhuluma. Uyachaza: Ukhona uNkulunkulu, umdali wendalo! Nokho, ngenxa yokungapheleli kwayo, ingamela uNkulunkulu ngokungaphelele; Angeke kwembule isimo sikaNkulunkulu esimsulwa.

UMesiya ubonisa ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu obungenasici

UJesu weza emhlabeni ukuze ethule isimo sikaNkulunkulu kumuntu ngendlela engasontekile. Wathi: “Mina ngiyindlela, neqiniso, nokuphila; akakho oza kuBaba ngaphandle kokuba eze ngami...UFiliphu wathi kuye: “Nkosi, sibonise uYihlo, kusanele.” ( Johane 14,6:14 ) Amazulu amemezela inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu nomkhathi ubonisa umsebenzi Wakhe; kodwa uFiliphu wayengakwazi ukwamukela imvelo njengoNkulunkulu. “UJesu wathi kuye: “Kunini nginani, futhi awukangazi, Filiphu? Obona mina ubona uBaba.” ( ivesi XNUMX ) Ebusweni bukaMesiya uJesu siyakwazi ukubona ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu wazembula kuye. Ngomuntu weNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, uNkulunkulu wezulu wagoba esesimweni sethu sobuntu. KuMesiya, uBaba waseZulwini unezwi kanye nomuntu. Iveza kokubili.

Uyinki kaNkulunkulu akabomi

Labo abamazi ngokweqiniso uNkulunkulu ngeke bathatheke kakhulu ngemithetho yendaba nokusebenza kwemvelo baze bashaye indiva noma benqabe ukuvuma umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu oqhubekayo emvelweni. UbuNkulunkulu bungumqambi wemvelo, futhi imvelo iyodwa enegunya elinikezwe nguNkulunkulu. Yeka ukuthi kuxaka kanjani-ke ukuthi abaningi kangaka benza unkulunkulu ngokwemvelo! Indaba nezinto zabo zihlinzekwa nguNkulunkulu, afeza ngaye amacebo akhe. Imvelo umsebenzi wakhe kuphela.

Izimangaliso zikaNkulunkulu azipheli

Isandla sikaNkulunkulu asiphezi ukuqondisa umhlaba endleleni yawo eqhubekayo yokuzungeza ilanga. Isandla esifanayo esibambe izintaba futhi sizilinganisele endaweni siqondisa futhi sihlele ukuhamba kweplanethi ngayinye. Bonke ubuhle basezulwini abamangalisayo benza kuphela lokho abatshelwa ukuba bakwenze. Izimila ziyachuma ngenxa yamandla asetshenziswa unkulunkulu omkhulu nonamandla. Uthumela amazolo, imvula nokukhanya kwelanga ukuze uhlaza luhlume futhi lwendlale ukhaphethi walo oluhlaza phezu komhlaba - ukuze izihlahla nezihlahla zezithelo zihlume, ziqhakaze futhi zithele izithelo. Kungaba yiphutha ukucabanga ukuthi sekushaywe umthetho osebenza wodwa embewini - noma ukuthi iqabunga liyavela ngoba kufanele lizenzele ngokwalo. Cha, isenzo sikaNkulunkulu esiqondile esibangela ukuba yonke imbewu encane ibhodloze umhlaba futhi iphile. Wonke amaqabunga aluhlaza ayakhula, yonke imbali iqhakaza ngamandla kaNkulunkulu okusebenza.

Isidalwa esiphefumulayo: isakhiwo esingcwele esiphefumulelwe

Umzimba wenyama ungaphansi kokulawula kukaNkulunkulu; kodwa ayizange inyakaze njengewashi elizihambela ngokwalo. Inhliziyo ishaya, ishaya ngemva kokushaya, ukuphefumula ngemva kokuphefumula; kodwa okuphilayo kungaphansi kokulawula kukaNkulunkulu. Nina niyindlu kaNkulunkulu, niyisakhiwo sikaNkulunkulu. KuNkulunkulu siphila futhi siyaluka futhi sikhona. Njengoba nje uNkulunkulu aphefumulela umoya wakhe wokuphila emakhaleni ka-Adamu, konke ukushaya kwenhliziyo, konke ukuphefumula kuphefumulelwa nguye “njengokuphefumulelwa” kukaNkulunkulu osezindaweni zonke, UNGUYE omkhulu.

Ukuzinikela noma ukuzimisela ukukhonzwa?

Ukukhulekela imvelo kuwumbono ongacacile owasungulwa abantu abangamazi uNkulunkulu weqiniso nabangafuni ukumazi. Amazwi omBhalo awasho lutho ngemithetho ezimele yemvelo. Kunalokho, bafundisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyikho kokubili umphathi omkhulu nomdali wazo zonke izinto. UbuNkulunkulu buhlobene eduze nokuba khona kwemisebenzi yakhe yendalo. Yebo, uNkulunkulu wamisa imithetho, kodwa kuphela njengezinceku zaKhe okwakuzolethwa ngazo imiphumela. UNkulunkulu uqobo Lwakhe ubiza yonke into ngokuhleleka futhi ugcina yonke into ihamba.

isibusiso esikhundleni sesiqalekiso

Ngemvelo singabheka phezulu kuNkulunkulu wemvelo. Singajabulela ubuhle babo. Khona-ke asifuni ukusiphendula lesi sibusiso sibe yisiqalekiso sivumele ukuyengelwa ukuba sikhonze indalo esikhundleni sokukhonza umdali wayo! Izinceku zalo ezinhle mazifeze ukuthunywa kukaNkulunkulu futhi zisinikeze izinkonzo zothando ezidonsela izinhliziyo zethu kuye. Khona-ke siyogcwala ngobuhle Bakhe, ububele Bakhe, uthando Lwakhe olungakhulumeki, futhi sigcwaliswe ngomusa Wakhe.

Koku: I-General Conference Daily Bulletin, Mashi 6, 1899